Blue Botia compatibility

[MultipleTankSyndrome]

Blue isn't a color I'd expect to be reinforced by color foods like red/orange. Maybe try changing the lighting?
I don't know what lighting you have, but different types (white, yellow, blue moonlight, etc) can radically effect the color of what they light up, so you could get a good result with some experimentation.

Edit: ninja'd.

 

[Al KW Tan]

No, they are not truly blue, just off grayish.

Seems to get darker as they grow. The blue is more prominent when smaller

 

[Al KW Tan]

Blue isn't a color I'd expect to be reinforced by color foods like red/orange. Maybe try changing the lighting?
I don't know what lighting you have, but different types (white, yellow, blue moonlight, etc) can radically effect the color of what they light up, so you could get a good result with some experimentation.

Edit: ninja'd.

Yup. That makes sense

 

[Al KW Tan]

The alpha in natural light

 

[Midwater]

Seems to get darker as they grow. The blue is more prominent when smaller

Not sure. I have got some old specimens, and they are pretty much the same colour.

 

[Bbuckley]

The alpha in natural light

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I used to have a group of 20 for lighting I had one blue light and one white the blue used to really pop in them. They would have a mix of blue, purple in them.

 

[Al KW Tan]

The matriarch turning into a real beast.

 

[Al KW Tan]

Found that their best tankmates are geos. They thrive together where others failed. Substrates and sand need not be cleaned ever. Though I religiously perform a 25% weekly water change and filter cleaning. Life gets so much easier. Try it!

 

[FJB]

I am tempted to try blue Botia sometime. Have not had them before. What other tankmates have failed? Thanks!

 

[Stephen St.Clair]

I've kept my Y. Modestas with African Cichlids, Tinfoil, Filamentosa, Tiger, & Denison Barbs. They also do well with big Tetras.
The Modestas can hold their own against larger new world Cichlids as well.